Overseas coverage

It's not often that I get to track where my photographs end up - particularly with regards to appearing in overseas design magazines. But fortunately PR consultant Caroline Collett keeps me updated with press coverage of projects that I have photographed for several of her clients.



Here are a couple of magazine covers for Blacksheep's stylish revamp of the public spaces at Novotel London Tower Bridge. It always amazes me the diversity of design and architecture titles around the world - particularly in the Far East - with these examples coming from Deco Journal in Korea and IDS in Malaysia.

British Embassy in Madrid

Bring me sunshine: Here is a belated selection of images of the new British Embassy in Madrid, which I photographed last summer on behalf of Mace Group, working for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The interior was designed by Forme UK.

The new Embassy is located in the dizzingly tall Torre Espacio, one of the Cuarto Torres, located on the edge of Madrid. The building was designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.

Bisley advert for Mix Interiors

I do quite a lot of work - mostly writing - with workplace storage furniture manufacturer Bisley, helping out PR consultant Anna King (whose consultancy is called Informare).

Working with graphic designer Nicky Young of Why Design, we have conceived Bisley's advertising campaign for the past 12 months, which has appeared in a variety of trade publications.

The latest was a one-off special advert for the 100th issue of Mix Interiors. I took the photo of a fabulous baby pink Multidrawer unit at Bisley's showroom, on London's Great Portland Street.

Chiswick House on a winter's day

I've mentioned before that one of the things that I love most about having a studio in Chiswick is the walk to work, which takes me through the grounds of Chiswick House.

Today the walk was particularly beautiful, thanks to the snow that has successfully brought the entire country to a halt. I couldn't resist getting out my camera and taking a few shots of the way the snow and ice interacts with architecture.

100% Design show video

We have just completed editing and production of the 2009 show video for 100% Design London, using footage supplied by the client. You can watch the results here>

Going loopy: Ewell West to Kingston

A section of the London Loop today with the Knit Nurse (you can read her account here and check for inconsistencies between our accounts, and also "enjoy" a picture of me in my new hat!). The first two-thirds of the walk were glorious, the last section a bit drab and depressing, despite the winter sunshine.



Highlights include the rather wondrous Bourne Hall conference centre/library, designed by architect AG Shepherd Fidler & Associates and completed as late as 1970. It is a circular building, with a central rooflight which looks a bit like a squashed version of the crown of thorns of Liverpool's Roman Catholic Cathedral.



There was some really beautiful golden sunlight, contrasting with dark skies, which made the naked trees look especially beautiful.

New Year's Day stroll

Happy New Year! A beautiful sunny winter's day today, and the chance for a short stroll to work off some of the excesses of New Year's Eve. Our stroll took in Chiswick Park, the business park designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, which features beautiful landscaping by Charles Funke Associates/West8.



The landscaping is open to the public, and appears to have a very strong Japanese influence in terms of layout and planting. The centrepiece is a large lake, complete with cascade, bridge and island complete with bonsai-style tree. The formality of the landscaping echoes the rhythms of the buildings (Chiswick Park is rather unusual because of the almost fanatical consistency of its architecture).



We even came face-to-face with a juvenile heron, who was quite happy to stand a couple of feet away, appraising us with his beady eyes!